Te Ahi Kaa

Rob McGowan also known as Pa Ropata knows Māori medicine.  The former Catholic priest was taken under the ‘wing’ of Kuia Rua Henare from Whanganui in the mid 1970's and learned about the many… Read more Audio

As the country came out of Covid-19 Level lockdown 4, producer Justine Murray finds out how work and family life changed for this weeks guests. From the restrictions placed on Maori practices to the… Read more Audio

Former broadcaster, author and educator Dr Haare Williams provides an insight into the practices of Māori culture, he argues that women should take up speaking rites on the marae, normally reserved… Read more Audio

Captain Harding Waipuke Leaf was killed in action in Crete 1941, two of his descendants talk about his extraordinary service in both World War I and World War II. Dr Monty Soutar's book about the… Read more Audio, Gallery

Marae are only as strong as it's people, that's according to Dr Wayne Ngata who agrees that Tikanga Māori is in the most part about doing what is practical. In the wake of the Covid 19 lockdown many… Read more Audio

Indigenous artists attended a recent taa moko and tatau wānanga in Tauranga where stories about the oppression and revival of their customs formed part of the discussions. Tiffany Adams of the… Read more Audio

Chair of Te Kaunihera Matua o Te Hui Aranga, Rawiri Tinirau says despite the cancellation of Hui Aranga, whanau will hold their own prayer services within their whanau and clubs on social media… Read more Audio

In light of the COVID 19 pandemic - the guidelines around funerals, cremation and tangihanga has changed. What this means for Maori is adjusting Tikanga that is - how the ceremonial rites of mourning… Read more Audio

Reviving customary practises was part of the conversation at a recent marae gathering in Tauranga. Carvers, Clay makers, painters and customary tattoo artists came together to share their stories that… Read more Audio

Murray Hemi works as the Kaitiaki and General Manager of Environmental Leadership at Miraka, the diary processing company in Taupo.  Murray has whakapapa to Ngāti Kahungunu and Pāpāwai Marae, and says… Read more Audio

The University of Auckland's Faculty of Arts has around five thousand students and over two hundred staff. Academic and Kaiārahi Dr Hirini Kaa is the driver or navigator of the Ako Arts Programme… Read more Audio

Hiwirori Maynard is a musician, a kapahaka performer and a taa moko artist. One of his designs is the MOKO guitar, MOKO is an acronym for MY OWN KIND OF…..the artist draws intricate koru patterns onto… Read more Audio